God’s Instructions for Holy Living
For the first time in four centuries,
the Israelites are free to worship
and walk with their holy God.
But how do they approach God?
At Mount Sinai Moses prepares the
pple to receive the law which they
promise to obey. After two days of
purification,the nation witnesses an
awesome display of God’s majesty
as He descends in a thick cloud to
deliver the Ten Commandments,
the broad moral principles which
guide the new nation and set it
apart from its pagan neighbours.
They also receive civil & ceremonial
laws to regulate the life of Israel.
Father God, You revealed Your law
to the Israelites at Sinai. Through
the law, they learned more about
what You God is like & how You
expect Your people to live. Lord,
Grant us hunger to feed on Your
Word each day & want to be holy.
Help us love You by Obeying You.
Help us Trust You & Wait upon U &
Empower our good intentions.Amen
Lord, help us love u by obeying u:
I am the Lord your God, who
Rescued u from the land of Egypt,
the place of your slavery. You must
not have any other God but me.
You must not make for yourself
an idol of any kind…(Exo 20:2-17)
When the people heard the thunder
and saw the flashes of lightning…
they stood at a distance, trembling
with fear… Don’t be afraid, Moses
answered them: for God has come
in this way to test you, and so that
your fear of Him will keep you
from sinning (Exo 20:18-20).
Father God, You are pure & holy;
and You are a consuming fire.
Thanks You Jesus for rescuing
us from slavery to sin and death.
In gratitude we purpose to follow
Your ways and what You want.
Help us show our love to Him by
responding obediently to what
God wants. In Jesus’ name, Amen
Lord, we purpose to Wait upon You:
I will send hornets to drive out the
Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites.
But I will not do this all in one year
because the land would become
a wilderness. I will drive them out
a Little at a time until yr population
has increased eno to fill the land.
I will help you defeat the pple now
living in the land & you will drive
them out ahead of you (E23:28-31)
Holy Spirit, help us to have the
patience to wait upon You for
the answers to our prayers. We
confess we want all the answers
to manifest now, but Your timing
is perfect. Help us understand
the things that are happening
in response to our prayers that
we cannot see. And enable us
to envision the step-by-step
progress that’s being made. Amen.
Lord,empower our good intentions:
Moses went down to the people
and repeated all the instructions &
regulations the Lord had given him.
All the people answered with one
voice: We will do everything the
Lord has commanded (Exo 24:3).
The glory of the Lord settled down
on Mount Sinai… On the seventh
day the Lord called to Moses
from inside the cloud (Ex 24:16).
Lord, we need more than good
intentions; For we need Your Spirit
to write Your law on our hearts
so that we will want to obey You.
We need Your precepts to work
its way through the hidden places
in our hearts and habits so that
we can be set free from idolatry.
Help us be holy people who enjoy
the freedom not to sin; & grant the
work of Yr grace in our lives. Amen